Our Jakob McWhinney revealed this month that San Diego Unified planned to phase out middle school grades at four of its K-8 schools starting next school year, a decision the district had yet to share with parents.

Earlier this week, Superintendent Fabiola Bagula broke the news that one of those schools – Bethune K-8 in southeastern San Diego – will remain open after two weeks of protests by parents determined to keep their kids’ school open.

McWhinney broke down Bagula’s announcement this week – and her subtle acknowledgement after testimony from Bethune parents and teachers that other schools slated for changes weren’t as successful as Bethune.

“All of the beautiful things that your teachers said, by the way, it’s not happening at the other schools,” Bagula said during a Wednesday nigh

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